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The Single UNIX &reg; Specification, Version 2<br>
Copyright &copy; 1997 The Open Group

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<h4><a name = "tag_000_000_210">&nbsp;</a>NAME</h4><blockquote>
cal - print a calendar
</blockquote><h4><a name = "tag_000_000_211">&nbsp;</a>SYNOPSIS</h4><blockquote>
<pre><code>

cal <b>[[</b><i>month</i><b>] </b><i>year </i><b>]</b>
</code>
</pre>
</blockquote><h4><a name = "tag_000_000_212">&nbsp;</a>DESCRIPTION</h4><blockquote>
The
<i>cal</i>
utility writes a Gregorian calendar
to standard output.
If the
<i>year</i>
operand is specified, a calendar for that year is written.
If no operands are specified, a calendar for the current month is written.
</blockquote><h4><a name = "tag_000_000_213">&nbsp;</a>OPTIONS</h4><blockquote>
None.
</blockquote><h4><a name = "tag_000_000_214">&nbsp;</a>OPERANDS</h4><blockquote>
The following operands are supported:
<dl compact>

<dt><i>month</i><dd>Specify the month to be displayed, represented as a decimal integer from
1 (January) to 12 (December).
The default is the current month.

<dt><i>year</i><dd>Specify the year for which the calendar is displayed,
represented as a decimal integer from 1 to 9999.
The default is the current year.

</dl>
</blockquote><h4><a name = "tag_000_000_215">&nbsp;</a>STDIN</h4><blockquote>
Not used.
</blockquote><h4><a name = "tag_000_000_216">&nbsp;</a>INPUT FILES</h4><blockquote>
None.
</blockquote><h4><a name = "tag_000_000_217">&nbsp;</a>ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES</h4><blockquote>
The following environment variables affect the execution of
<i>cal</i>:
<dl compact>

<dt><i>LANG</i><dd>Provide a default value for the internationalisation variables
that are unset or null.
If
<i>LANG</i>
is unset or null, the corresponding value from the
implementation-dependent default locale will be used.
If any of the internationalisation variables contains an invalid setting, the
utility will behave as if none of the variables had been defined.

<dt><i>LC_ALL</i><dd>
If set to a non-empty string value,
override the values of all the other internationalisation variables.

<dt><i>LC_CTYPE</i><dd>
Determine the
locale for the interpretation of sequences of bytes of text data as
characters (for example, single- as opposed to multi-byte characters
in arguments).

<dt><i>LC_MESSAGES</i><dd>
Determine the locale that should be used to affect
the format and contents of diagnostic
messages written to standard error,
and informative messages written to standard output.

<dt><i>LC_TIME</i><dd>
Determine the format and contents of the calendar.

<dt><i>NLSPATH</i><dd>
Determine the location of message catalogues
for the processing of
<i>LC_MESSAGES .
</i>
<dt><i>TZ</i><dd>Determine the timezone used to calculate the value of the current month.

</dl>
</blockquote><h4><a name = "tag_000_000_218">&nbsp;</a>ASYNCHRONOUS EVENTS</h4><blockquote>
Default.
</blockquote><h4><a name = "tag_000_000_219">&nbsp;</a>STDOUT</h4><blockquote>
The standard output is used to display the calendar, in an unspecified
format.
</blockquote><h4><a name = "tag_000_000_220">&nbsp;</a>STDERR</h4><blockquote>
Used only for diagnostic messages.
</blockquote><h4><a name = "tag_000_000_221">&nbsp;</a>OUTPUT FILES</h4><blockquote>
None.
</blockquote><h4><a name = "tag_000_000_222">&nbsp;</a>EXTENDED DESCRIPTION</h4><blockquote>
None.
</blockquote><h4><a name = "tag_000_000_223">&nbsp;</a>EXIT STATUS</h4><blockquote>
The following exit values are returned:
<dl compact>

<dt>0<dd>Successful completion.

<dt>&gt;0<dd>An error occurred.

</dl>
</blockquote><h4><a name = "tag_000_000_224">&nbsp;</a>CONSEQUENCES OF ERRORS</h4><blockquote>
Default.
</blockquote><h4><a name = "tag_000_000_225">&nbsp;</a>APPLICATION USAGE</h4><blockquote>
Note that:
<pre>
<code>
cal 83
</code>
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refers to A.D. 83, not 1983.
</blockquote><h4><a name = "tag_000_000_226">&nbsp;</a>EXAMPLES</h4><blockquote>
None.
</blockquote><h4><a name = "tag_000_000_227">&nbsp;</a>FUTURE DIRECTIONS</h4><blockquote>
None.
</blockquote><h4><a name = "tag_000_000_228">&nbsp;</a>SEE ALSO</h4><blockquote>
None.
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